Remember kids, sometimes, when Koreans offer you bread, it's not just sandwich bread. I promise. It's probably some other sort of pastry or dessert.

This is how i converse with my siblings

On Friday, my office went out for dinner to celebrate the end of open classes (each of the teachers in the school had to do one. I was exempt, but I just had to a separate one for my renewal, so it's not like I didn't contribute haha). We went to a buffet that also serves shabu shabu, which is thinly cut, boiled beef. It was quite delicious!

Shabu shabu in the middle, and I evenfound smiles at the buffet!

my co workers get comfortable...

After dinner, I did some online shopping on Gmarket (basically Korea's Amazon) for some summer clothes, because I do NOT have enough dresses to rotate through if it's going to be 90 degrees for the next three to four months. Man oh man, this might be rough.

On Saturday, I met up with my friends to see X-men. IT WAS AWESOME.

We like to play "spot the errors" in all the signsI know I'd eff up Korean if I tried to put it ona sign, but my gosh, it' funny to see

We went to an Irish pub in Hongdae that we'd wanted to try. They even had Strongbow, except it was out... so we ordered magners.

And THIS is what we got.

looks watery, right??

THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE(months ago at the Wolfhound)

The night wasn't a total loss. Thankfully Lauren's BF was there to help us argue our case (don't mess with our cider!) and we didn't have to pay. We went to another bar we like and then hit up the park for bagged cocktails, ddeokbokki and other snacks. It was still fun, and really anything I do with these girls is a good time!

park selca!

On Sunday, I met up with Sarah for a bit. We got to Sinchon to discover there was some sort of awareness fair going on. We got asked by some people what are thoughts were on poverty (I'm so eloquent that I said, "Uh, well, I don't like it?" before giving a real answer...) Normally we don't get asked things, or we just get Korean shouted at us, so when I hear English, it's a reflex to turn and see.

I got a balloon tho! Yay!

We browsed quickly, and then headed to a cat cafe to get coffee before we wandered around the shops.

I'll just die of the cute

Of course we found some gems shopping.

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Sarah loves to find random batmanreferences on clothes haha

Well, I'm off to bed, hoping I don't melt. Seriously, it's 27 degrees C in my apartment. UGH. That's over 80 F, for everyone reading. Thankfully I have A/C, but I can't blast it too much if I don't want my electric bill to double. Haha, who am I kidding, it could triple or quadruple and still be reasonable haha.

I've got a short week this week, thanks to election day (the whole country gets a day off, so they can all vote! Imagine that!) and another holiday on Friday. My principal is nice and is giving us Thursday off as well. Huzzah!!!

So, next week I'll have lots to talk about, since I've got some time off. I can't believe it's June already!

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I'm a short Italian girl with big dreams and a passion for travelling. I love Phantom of the Opera, video games, chocolate, my twin sister, and making witty remarks and funny faces.
I'm currently teaching English at an elementary school in Seoul, South Korea.